HOWTO: Shorten My Boot Time With GRUB?
GRUB is one of the more common boot loaders in use on GNU/Linux systems today. I have GRUB installed on both my boxen, on one to facilitate dual-booting between Windows XP Home (for Kelly, not for me) and on the other to facilitate booting between kernels.
GRUB is controlled by a file called menu.lst which is usually located in:
/boot/menu.lst
or
/boot/grub/menu.lst
The value that determines how long the menu will be presented before the default OS is booted is controlled by the timeout value as shown here in this clip from my menu.lst file:
## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 5
Put anything you’d like in the timeout line and you’re all set.
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Jan 30, 2006 at 6:20 am
[…] It is possible to set the timeout of GRUB and Lilo to a number so low that they are nothing more than a flash on the screen during boot, but I don’t think it’s possible to run a GNU/Linux box without a boot loader at all. (Corrections, anyone?). This entry was posted on Monday, January 30th, 2006 and is filed under Explanation. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. […]
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